Normally when a person’s child is playing in a sporting event, it’s a given that the parent will be rooting for their kid’s team.
However, that might not be the case for Warriors star Klay Thompson when Golden State team faces the Lakers in the second round of the 2023 NBA playoffs starting Tuesday night.
His father, Mychal Thompson, is a former Lakers center. He was the No. 1 pick in the 1978 NBA draft by Portland but played his final five seasons in Los Angeles. Coincidentally, the last time the Lakers and Warriors faced each other in the playoffs was in 1991, when the elder Thompson was still playing for L.A.
